Leal and O’Hegarty (No 2)

In *Leal and O’Hegarty (No 2)*, Stevenson J of the Family Court of Australia considered applications made by both the husband and wife concerning interim property settlement orders. The wife sought various interim orders, including orders relating to the sale of a motor vehicle, while the husband sought variations to existing orders and the discharge of another.

The primary legal issues before the court were whether to grant the wife's applications for interim orders, and whether to grant the husband's applications for variation and discharge of existing orders. The court was required to assess the evidence presented by both parties in relation to these applications and determine the appropriate course of action to ensure a just and equitable outcome pending final resolution of the property settlement.

Stevenson J dismissed the majority of the wife's applications for interim orders, with the exception of one paragraph not detailed in the provided text. The court also dismissed the husband's applications to vary an existing order and discharge another. However, the court ordered the husband to take all necessary steps to sell a specified European motor vehicle and to deposit the net proceeds of that sale into a solicitor's trust account nominated by the wife.